DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. said it will procure products from Motorola Inc.'s Paging Products Group to test its VoiceNow technology next year in three cities-Dallas-Fort Worth, San Francisco and New York City.Under the contract, valued at more than $250 million, PageNet will have a first...
Motorola Inc. has teamed with NewsPager Corporation of America to introduce its Inflo information receiver, which is an alphanumeric pager that acts as an information device, constantly updating its display with news, sports, financial news, world headlines and more. The compact Motorola information receiver...
NORTHBROOK, Ill.-It's no secret that people don't like paying bills, so the mobile communications industry is taking part in a nationwide trend that aims to help retain customers by using electronic funds transfer.Some cellular and paging operators are testing programs that let customers pay...
Preliminary service for the first commercial paging system based on the European Radio Messaging System standard has begun in Paris, according to AirTouch Communications.Infomobile, a joint venture 18.5 percent owned by Walnut Creek, Calif.-based AirTouch, has launched its ERMES operations in the Paris region....
AT&T Corp.'s $11.5 billion acquisition of McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. is part of a grand plan to package wireless and wireline products and services under what is perhaps the most recognized brand name in telecommunications-AT&T."My confidence in this merger is bolstered by the fact...
Arch Nationwide Paging says it has built a nationwide paging network without constructing one.Last fall, Arch announced its intention to offer paging service in every major U.S. city by using other carriers' existing infrastructure and the company's proprietary software. The company says it has...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week sent Congress trade legislation that includes a new plan for three companies awarded pioneer's preferences to pay for personal communications services licenses.Under a compromise reached by lawmakers, the White House and the three firms, the U.S. treasury would be...
Horizon Cellular Group has acquired the Georgia 2 rural service area in northeast Georgia from Southern Cellular Inc. This addition brings Horizon's total population equivalents up to approximately 2.9 million in 14 markets. It expands Horizon's presence around Atlanta to 460,000 pops.USA Mobile Communications...
HARTFORD, Conn.-Message Center USA is teaming with Continental Paging Corp. of Canada to offer an integrated North American paging service between Canada and the United States on their common 900 MHz paging channel.The Canadian Connection service will employ a combined total of 735 satellite-controlled...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-California Microwave Inc. reported a 50 percent increase in net income for fiscal year 1994, ended June 30 for a record $15.1 million, or $1.20 per share.Fiscal 1994 results include eight months of operating results for California Microwave-Telecom Transmission Systems, which the company...
DALLAS-PageMart Inc. will launch the new Flex Signaling System nationwide early in the first quarter of 1995.Flex is able to increase the number of pagers a transmission channel can accommodate, enhance the reliability of paging signals and Flex pagers automatically adjust to variable transmission...
Houston Cellular Telephone Co. announced that Donald Kovalevich has joined the company as its new president and general manager. He has an extensive sales and market background, the company said, from his brand management experience at Proctor and Gamble with food and paper product...
Nokia Telecommunications Inc. said it will supply a trunked mobile radio system to Broadcast Communications Ltd. of New Zealand. The contract, valued at $5 million, calls for Nokia to supply base station terminals, network operation and maintenance. The system, named Teamtalk, will provide voice...
At age 35, Rachelle Chong could easily be taken for an inexperienced Federal Communications Commission member who happened to fit the profile the Clinton administration needed at the time: female, Republican and a residence outside the Beltway.But that would be a mistake.Intelligent, ambitious and poised,...
Nextel Communications Inc. is in search of a strategic partner to help finance its nationwide wireless communications network. But since MCI Communications Corp. backed out of its relationship with Nextel, the wireless operator has spent considerable time trying to calm Wall Street.Analysts dialed into...
Hark Systems Inc. has installed a wireless switch in South Dakota that uses specialized mobile radio frequencies to connect inbound and outbound calls. Hark's Mega Switch provides one-number following, one-number calling and features call screening, call forwarding, voice mail and message notification characteristics. The...
Two-way communications on devices the size of a pager will likely be the first service offered on recently purchased nationwide narrowband PCS frequencies."We're just starting down the path of what will be a whole array of new devices. Three years from now, there will...
While some paging providers are spending a great deal of money for the prospect of providing two-way messaging services, a Minnesota company says it doesn't need to purchase expensive spectrum or wait on future technology to provide two-way paging.American Paging Inc. says it has...
Frank McGillivray has been promoted to vice president of Transaction Billing Resources, a provider of credit card processing for the telecommunications industry.Also, Donna Tucker has been appointed TBR's accounting supervisor, responsible for account management. The 7-year-old company has recently expanded its offices to make...
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. posted record net revenue for the second quarter of 1994, ended June 30, and increased its number of pagers in service by more than 43 percent compared with last year.PageNet said it experienced net losses of nearly $5.47 million, or 11...
WASHINGTON-Jay Kitchen will head the new wireless trade group created by the anticipated merger of the National Association of Business and Educational Radio and the Personal Communications Industry Association.The boards of both associations are expected to approve the proposed merger this month.While Kitchen, president...
LOS ANGELES-Unpredicted demand for wireless telephone numbers in the Los Angeles area has forced Pacific Bell to introduce an overlay area code.In September 1995, new cellular and paging customers in the 310 area code will be given area code 562. Pacific Bell said it...